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3 weeks driving trip in May end in Scandinavia (mainly Norway)

Background - I and my wife along with my 10 year old daughter would be travelling to Scandinavia (mainly Norway). We plan to drive most of the time - except fro catching a flight from Stockholm to Tromso and from Tromso to Alesund. On the ground we will always have a car.

We love natural scenery, I love photography, old buildings, lighthouses etc. A bit of interesting museums but not that much into big city scene and nightlife. We like short easy hikes - 1 to 3 hours, nothing very difficult.

The tentative itinerary is given below followed by a list of questions.

No comments on your route really as I haven't driven in Norway but from others who have, and from observation as a pedestrian there and reading up on driving there, for a future visit, I will make the following comments:

I hope you have allowed plenty of time for getting to your destinations as driving in Norway is slow - roads are winding and maximum speed is only 90km/h on motorways and 80 km/h on other roads. Speeding is subject to heavy on the spot fines, or the loss of your licence.

Do check when you pick up your hire cars about paying road tolls - do you have to register the vehicle or does the hire company take the tolls from your credit card?

Parking a car in Bergen is a pain and expensive. Ditto Oslo only more so. You have to pay a toll to enter both cities by car.

Don't drink and drive - not even a single drink - Norway has really strict drink/driving rules.

Do make sure you stop at crossings for pedestrians, and be aware that Norwegians always do this. Also give way to the right unless the priority of the road is clearly given.

have you given thought to ending your car rental in Bergen, and using the "norway in a nutshell" train to return to Oslo? The day trip involves a ride on the Fjords, the Tram railway, and all the connections. That would put you into Oslo without your car.

Good idea to add a day in Copenhagen. We went with our 8&10 year old daughters last summer to all three countries but I can't help with the driving because we did public transport. Check out the To Sostre Guesthouse in Bergen. It was our favorite accommodation of the trip. We had their loft room that fit the 4 of us. That said, it was expensive as is everything in Norway. It seemed much more expensive than Sweden and Denmark. We stayed at the Kong Arthur in Copenhagen. If it is warm, ask for fans. We learned that a/c in now banned in that country. Have a great trip!